Destaco offers its family of GTB-series servo-positioning rotary tables, which are the first products to be launched as part of the company’s technical partnership with Techno Dynamics Inc. New Product Post: 9/11/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Destaco offers its family of GTB-series servo-positioning rotary

In the quest for improved profitability, process control and quality, shops should look at the ways they measure overall equipment effectiveness (OEE). Developments in data-driven manufacturing, or digitization of the shop floor, are going far beyond merely knowing whether or not machines are in cycle. Up until recently, for the most part, sensors

Heimatec Inc. has an extensive line of tooling available for the Haas BMT turret. The line includes a variety of axial and radial drilling and milling heads driven tools as well as static tool holders.
The company also offers specialty tools for this turret including multi-spindle, adjustable angle, and speed multipliers.

Allied Machine & Engineering will be highlighting the Wohlhaupter VarioBore precision boring head. It is designed for easy and accurate adjustment, which the company says makes it a versatile and cost-effective option for high-precision industries such as aerospace. Its 3E Tech removable digital display enables users to read diameter

Heimatec Inc.’s line of 1:4 live tool speed multipliers in 24,000 rpm max. styles are provided as axial or radial drilling and milling heads, with either external or internal coolant design, and mounting configurations to suit machine tool turret set-up, including all VDI and BMT sizes. New Product Post: 9/24/2017
Edited by Bart Bishop

Schunk’s TRIBOS-RM precision toolholder has a one-piece, rotationally symmetric design that ensures long life of the machine spindles and the complete transmission of power. New Product Post: 9/4/2017
Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining SCHUNK, Inc.’s TRIBOS-RM precision toolholder is for

Something as simple as trading standard retention knobs for a longer version could help eliminate bulge in V-flange tooling and the problems associated with it. Blog Post: 8/23/2017
Emily Probst Managing Editor, Modern Machine Shop Hansen Engineering Co. used a standard retention knob in the toolholder on the left. Taper deformation prevents the

Tungaloy’s TetraMini-Cut series features a compact four cornered insert that is clamped in a pocket for indexing repeatability and tool life stability and includes two chipbreaker styles: the TCG style chipbreaker and the TCP style. New Product Post: 8/10/2017
Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining

Carmex Precision Tools, LLC will display its Swiss-type machining tools including the G6 six-edge turning insert designed to fit one holder. According to the company, the multi-function inserts deliver high productivity and cost efficiency in applications including threading, grooving, parting and back and front turning. The system is designed to

Westec 2017: Sumitomo will showcase its line of AC1030U turning grade inserts for precision machining, which are available in many geometries, including the company’s GND grooving line. New Product Post: 8/22/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop

EMO 2017: Lach Diamant will demonstrate its PCD IC-Plus chip breakers, which the company says perform well during both rough machining and fine finishing when using long chipping aluminum alloys. New Product Post: 8/21/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop

Seco Tools has expanded its family of PCBN insert grades for hard part turning. New Product Post: 8/18/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Seco Tools has expanded its family of PCBN insert grades for hard part turning. Using a bimodal substrate and nanolaminate coating process, these inserts are designed to extend tool

Carmex Precision Tools has released Swiss-Line, the latest addition to its family of tooling for Swiss-style applications. New Product Post: 8/14/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Carmex Precision Tools, LLC has released Swiss-Line, the latest addition to its family of tooling for Swiss-style applications. It combines

The highlight of the event will be the company’s LoadAssistant line of universal robots for machine tool workpiece loading/unloading. News Post: 8/31/2017
Edited by Jedd Cole Associate Editor, Modern Machine Shop Halter CNC Robotics will host an open house October 25-26, 2017 at its showroom in Cascade, Iowa. The company will feature its

In 1929, a young Niels Miller was tinkering around with the idea of making a small, portable electric welder in his garage. Little did he know at that time that his pioneering effort would help create an entirely new way of looking at personal and professional welding.
Until that time, arc welders were large industrial three-phase welders that

FANUC’s R-30iB Plus robot controller features an iPendant with an enhanced screen resolution and processing capability and a user interface, iHMI, that has an icon-based screen which has intuitive guides for setup and programming. New Product Post: 9/23/2017
Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining FANUC’s

Rethink Robotics has released the ClickSmart series, a solution for end-of-arm tooling that incorporates smart sensing and rapid swapping capabilities. New Product Post: 9/21/2017
Edited by Kyle Stone
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Rethink Robotics has released the ClickSmart series, a solution for end-of-arm tooling that incorporates smart

The vision of barstock automatically loading into unattended turning machines and pumping out parts overnight can seem like a dream come true. However, ceding total control of production to unmanned machines and worrying about everything that could go wrong is the stuff of nightmares. In fact, one machine shop owner confided that he couldn’t

Comau has commercialized an automated guided vehicle (AGV) platform that is said to be flexible enough to be deployed across a range of manufacturing scenarios. Comau says that the Agile1500 is the first AGV within the company’s new platform and fully expresses its open automation design approach.
Modular, scalable and completely

A startup eyewear company with a mission to bring “Made in the USA” labels back to the eyewear industry needed a low-cost automation and integration solution that would enable cost-effective production of eyewear from its New York City location. With the help of a distributor, Lowercase Eyewear selected a Robotiq gripper on a UR5

Lowercase Eyewear needed a cost-effective way to produce eyewear in the United States. A Robotiq gripper on a UR5 collaborative robot arm enabled repeatable, consistent production so employees could work on more labor-intensive projects. Blog Post: 9/23/2017
Emily Probst Managing Editor, Modern Machine Shop Automation is important to Lowercase

Walter GB’s T2711/T2712 indexable insert thread mill can achieve shorter cycle times than thread milling, competes with the productivity of taps on large threads, and users benefit from high levels of productivity at a lower cost per thread New Product Post: 8/28/2017
Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining Walter GB’s

Tungaloy America, Inc. is expanding its DoTriple-Mill series to include pressed-to-size inserts in Class M dimensional tolerance. DoTriple-Mill, the company’s latest face mill series, enables any set of square, octagonal, or round inserts to be fitted on a single cutter body. The inserts are securely fixed to the cutter by a dovetail clamping

Kennametal Inc.’s Mill 16 is for face milling applications such as compacted graphite iron, or CGI. CGI is difficult to machine and requires cutting tools both tough and wear-resistant, the company says. And because of the continuing call for cost-effective machining solutions across all manufacturing industries, these tools must

The latest addition to Tungaloy’s TungMeister changeable-head end mill system is a line of modular heads for TungForce-Rec, the indexable miniature shoulder-milling cutter series. New Product Post: 8/30/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop The latest addition to Tungaloy’s TungMeister changeable-head end mill

Walter has expanded the capabilities of its Walter Blaxx M3024 heptagonal milling cutter with new wiper inserts. New Product Post: 8/28/2017
Edited by Kyle Stone
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Walter USA, LLC has expanded the capabilities of its Walter Blaxx M3024 heptagonal milling cutter with new wiper inserts. The inserts, which have

Seco Tools has expanded its family of Duratomic-based TP grades to include TP3501, which is designed to provide optimal application security. New Product Post: 9/7/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Seco Tools has expanded its family of Duratomic-based TP grades to include TP3501, which is designed to provide

Walter’s M2136 is a multi-tooth close pitch finishing cutter with eight cutting edges per insert. These stable, negative inserts promote not only stability but also ease of handling as well as leading to high levels of surface quality during the finishing process, the company says.
The inserts for the M2136 are available in two

Tungaloy America, Inc.’s DoForce-Tri is a shoulder milling cutter featuring a double sided insert with six cutting edges and three types of inserts to meet the needs of many different jobs. New Product Post: 9/8/2017
Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining Tungaloy America, Inc.’s DoForce-Tri is a shoulder

Controx Neuhauser’s precision saw blades are designed specifically for use with Hydromat machines. Available in 166 and 250 mm diameters, these Cobalt Steel (HSS-Co) saw blades feature an axial runout of = 0,1 mm/ 0.004” to assure a straight cut and minimize the breakage rate, the company says.
To accommodate the wide range of

Seco’s R220.88 face milling cutter family features inserts with eight cutting edges and optimized geometries that provide tool life and reduced cutting forces, with 88-degree lead angle that allows for large depths of cut with smaller insert sizes. New Product Post: 9/12/2017
Edited by Bart Bishop Assistant Editor, Production Machining

An event in the heart of Europe sheds light on how the company behind Precision Twist Drill and other venerable solid-round-tool brands aims to break into the North American indexable-insert market. Blog Post: 9/19/2017
Matt Danford Senior Editor, Modern Machine Shop “When people think about indexables, the same eight or nine brands always

The event will focus on the former’s trochoidal and circle-segment end mills and the latter’s CAM package. News Post: 9/18/2017
Edited by Jedd Cole Associate Editor, Modern Machine Shop Emuge Corp. and Open Mind Technologies USA Inc. are teaming up to hold a complimentary technical seminar on advanced strategies for five-axis milling

Allied Machine & Engineering announces the expansion of its AccuPort 432/AccuThread 856 program to include more than 120 kits for manufacturing hydraulic ports and manifolds. New Product Post: 9/22/2017
Edited by Julia Hider
Assistant Editor, Modern Machine Shop Allied Machine & Engineering announces the expansion of its AccuPort

Duplomatic Automation presents its completely electric electromechanical turret a single direct motor and electromagnetic locking device. No extra equipment is required, simplifying installation. It is designed to be eco-friendly and energy-saving, as it has no seal friction to overcome, no auxiliary equipment, eliminates the use of

The GMS-2600 ST multitasking turning center is now available from Yama Seiki. This hybrid machine includes X, Y, Z and C axes with a live tooling turret, high-speed spindle, automatic toolchanger (ATC) system and B axis. The GMS-2600 ST combines a turning center and machining center into one machine to perform complex free-shape machining, tapping,

This month’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight focuses on a variety of lathes and turning equipment. Blog Post: 7/24/2017
Jedd Cole Associate Editor, Modern Machine Shop The slideshow above, based on our July print issue’s Modern Equipment Review Spotlight, features turning machines, including high-production lathes, turn-mills and even

Absolute Machine Tools, Inc.’s Quicktech T8 Hybrid nine-axis twin spindle mill/turn center combines a three-axis power turret and a 360° B-axis with a sub-spindle that features a four-axis gang slide to enable complete machining of complex parts with a capacity of 38 tools. The T8 Hybrid has two turning spindles and two live milling

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